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Turkey will export more foodstuffs to Russia

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Russian agricultural officials are in Ankara discussing widening export licences to Turkish companies to export more of their food products to Russia

ANKARA - Turkey looks set to benefit from Russian sanctions targeting EU and U.S. products, as Russia looks for an alternative supplier of foodstuffs, especially fruit and vegetables, according to Turkey's Agriculture Ministry.

On Wednesday, Russia banned imports of fruit, vegetables, meat, poultry, fish, shellfish, scallops, milk and dairy from the United States, the European Union, Australia, Canada and Norway in retaliation for Western sanctions over the crisis in Ukraine.

Turkish Agriculture Ministry officials met with their counterparts on Wednesday to discuss how Turkey's agriculture sector can meet this shortfall. The talks were focused on how procedures for exporting to Russia could be simplified and how the number of Turkish firms licensed to export goods to Russia could be increased.